2 Samuel 18:9

Modern English Version

Absalom was encountered by some of the servants of David. Now Absalom was riding on his mule. When the mule went under the branches of a very large tree, his head was caught in the tree. He was left in midair while the mule that was under him kept going.

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:29

So, the servants of Absalom did to Amnon that which Absalom had commanded. Then the sons of the king arose, each mounting his mule, and fled.

2 Samuel 14:26

When he cut the hair of his head (and at the end of every year he cut it, for it was heavy on him), he weighed the hair from his head at two hundred shekels, according to the king’s standard.

2 Samuel 17:23

When Ahithophel realized that his advice was not followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his own city. He gave instruction to his household, then he hanged himself and died; he was interred in the tomb of his father.

2 Samuel 18:10

And a certain man saw him and told Joab, “Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in a tree.”

2 Samuel 18:14

Then Joab said, “I will not waste any more time with you.” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the midst of the tree.

2 Samuel 18:8

The fighting spread across the land, and the people consumed by the forest were more numerous than those consumed by the sword that day.

Job 31:3

Does not destruction belong to the wicked, and calamity to the workers of iniquity?

Proverbs 20:20

He who vilifies his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pluck it out, and the young vultures will eat it.

Jeremiah 48:44

He who flees from the terror shall fall into the pit, and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken in the snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their punishment, says the Lord.

Matthew 27:5

So he threw down the pieces of silver in the temple and departed. And he went and hanged himself.

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever curses father or mother, let him be put to death.’

Galatians 3:13

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us—as it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” —

Deuteronomy 21:23

then his body must not remain all night on the tree, but you must bury him that day (for he that is hanged is accursed of God) so that your land may not be defiled, which the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.

Deuteronomy 27:16

“Cursed is he who disrespects his father or his mother.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”

Deuteronomy 27:20

“Cursed is he who lies with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father.” And all the people shall say, “Amen.”